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i'm betty nguyen. >>> talk about divided government. gop leaders had to postpone a vote on their own proposal. conservative members refused to go along. they will try again today to muster enough votes to pass the vote. danielle knottingham is in washington with the latest on this. good morning, danielle. >> good morning, betty. this was a major setback and embarrassment for house republicans. it was the second day they couldn't find enough votes to take action on their own legislation and now it has everyone here on capitol hill wondering what's going to happen next. house republicans will meet this morning to plot their next move in the debt ceiling showdown. >> we're going to keep working this thing until we find a way to pay the nation's bills and live within our means. >> reporter: last night after hours of trying to round up support, gop leaders were forced to call off a vote on speaker john boehner's plan. the proposal would raise the debt ceiling for six months and slash more than $900 billion in spending but some tea party memb
i'm betty nguyen. >>> talk about divided government. gop leaders had to postpone a vote on their own proposal. conservative members refused to go along. they will try again today to muster enough votes to pass the vote. danielle knottingham is in washington with the latest on this. good morning, danielle. >> good morning, betty. this was a major setback and embarrassment for house republicans. it was the second day they couldn't find enough votes to take action on their own...
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i'm betty nguyen. with just a week to go to raise the debt ceiling, the partisan bickering is now getting personal. president obama took to prime time monday night and blamed republicans, then house speaker john boehner came out and blamed the president. the net result? still no deal. danielle knottingham is in washington. she joins us this morning. danielle, what's the latest there? >> reporter: well essentially this has become, as we said off the top of the show, the president has called it a three-ring circus. he did not hold back his criticism last night. the president essentially told the republicans that their plan is not good enough and republicans say the president is the one making this a crisis. president obama called for compromise in his prime time address monday night. with just one week to go until the deadline to raise the debt ceiling, he's blaming republicans for the dead lock. >> a significant number of republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach, a cuts only approac
i'm betty nguyen. with just a week to go to raise the debt ceiling, the partisan bickering is now getting personal. president obama took to prime time monday night and blamed republicans, then house speaker john boehner came out and blamed the president. the net result? still no deal. danielle knottingham is in washington. she joins us this morning. danielle, what's the latest there? >> reporter: well essentially this has become, as we said off the top of the show, the president has...
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captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. it was indeed a glorious fourth. americans coast to coast celebrated the nation's 235th birthday with parades, barbecues, and, of course, fireworks. here in new york, it was the annual extravaganza over the hudson river. in chicago, thousands turned out to watch at navy pier on lake michigan. in houston, music and fireworks at the freedom over texas show. and in los angeles, a stunning display at cbs studio city. >>> in washington this morning, we can expect fireworks of another kind, as senate republicans and democrats return to work on a deal to raise the nation's debt limit. house members return tomorrow. joel brown is in washington with more on this. good morning, joel. so, what are the chances an agreement can be reached soon? >> well, betty, let's put it this way, if democrats and republicans are getting closer to a deal on the debt limit, they're taking baby steps. the senate may be cutting its holiday recess short, but it's unclear just how much work will get done. republicans
captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. it was indeed a glorious fourth. americans coast to coast celebrated the nation's 235th birthday with parades, barbecues, and, of course, fireworks. here in new york, it was the annual extravaganza over the hudson river. in chicago, thousands turned out to watch at navy pier on lake michigan. in houston, music and fireworks at the freedom over texas show. and in los angeles, a stunning...
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i'm betty nguyen. >> we begin with another frightening collision between two commercial airliners. federal safety officials are investigating the incident at boston's logan international airport. the two jets were preparing to take off last night, both jets were on a taxiway when the wing of a delta 767 clipped the tail of a regional jet. jim armstrong of our boston station wbz reports. >> worst experience of my life. i will never fly delta again. >> reporter: this early evening collision shaking up passengers on two different flights, one a huge 767 bound for amsterdam and the smaller commuter plane headed to raleigh-durham, north carolina. >> we were on our way from washington to raleigh, and taxiing to take off and the plane clipped our plane. >> reporter: how did everybody on board handle it? >> fine, calm, uneventful. >> it was a nonevent until we figured out that we'd lost the wing and our flight, to amsterdam. >> reporter: passengers on both planes described hearing a loud bang and then feeling
i'm betty nguyen. >> we begin with another frightening collision between two commercial airliners. federal safety officials are investigating the incident at boston's logan international airport. the two jets were preparing to take off last night, both jets were on a taxiway when the wing of a delta 767 clipped the tail of a regional jet. jim armstrong of our boston station wbz reports. >> worst experience of my life. i will never fly delta again. >> reporter: this early...
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i'm betty nguyen. this morning the debt showdown in washington is focused on a bipartisan senate plan that is gaining legs on capitol hill and the white house. the proposal from the so-called gang of six calls for deep budget cuts and new revenues. joel brown is in washington with the latest on this. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning. in this week's long battle over raising the debt limit, optimism has been hard to come by. that seemed to change yesterday, at least in the senate. we saw some republicans, some democrats, some conservatives, some liberals, coalescing around a bipartisan deal. >> it's time to get down to the business of actually solving this problem and i think we now are seeing the potential for a bipartisan consensus. >> reporter: president obama may invite congressional leaders back to the white house, now that there's a new bipartisan plan on the table, a group of senators known as the gang of six unveiled the proposal tuesday. it trims about $4 trillion from the deficit over
i'm betty nguyen. this morning the debt showdown in washington is focused on a bipartisan senate plan that is gaining legs on capitol hill and the white house. the proposal from the so-called gang of six calls for deep budget cuts and new revenues. joel brown is in washington with the latest on this. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning. in this week's long battle over raising the debt limit, optimism has been hard to come by. that seemed to change yesterday, at least in the senate....
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i'm betty nguyen. >>> even though she's been acquitted of murdering her daughter, this morning casey anthony is being called one of the most despised mothers in america and today she learns her legal fate for lying to police. karen brown is in orlando, florida, with the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: and good morning to you, betty. extra security is planned for this area outside the courthouse here during the sentencing hearing and basically the judge has three choices. he can give her more jail time, he can release her on probation or he can set her free for time already served. casey anthony could walk away a free woman this morning. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: just two days after being acquitted in the murder of her daughter, caylee, the 25-year-old will be sentenced on four misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators. each charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison but since anthony has already spent nearly three years behind bars, she could b
i'm betty nguyen. >>> even though she's been acquitted of murdering her daughter, this morning casey anthony is being called one of the most despised mothers in america and today she learns her legal fate for lying to police. karen brown is in orlando, florida, with the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: and good morning to you, betty. extra security is planned for this area outside the courthouse here during the sentencing hearing and basically the judge has three...
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i'm betty nguyen. >>> it is a verdict that has been compared to the o.j. simpson trial. prosecutors in orlando sat stunned as the jury declared casey anthony not guilty on all three counts of killing her young daughter caylee. outside the courthouse, anger. the jury did find anthony guilty on four misdemeanor counts of lying. she'll be sentenced for that tomorrow. an alternate juror who was not in on the final deliberations but did sit through the trial agrees with the main verdict. >> they didn't really show motive of why, you know, casey would have done what she did. they brought up the party girl aspect, doesn't make sense because they had mom and dad willing at all times to watch caylee. they didn't show us how caylee died. >> karen brown has more now on yesterday's dramatic verdict. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> 25-year-old casey anthony cried and hugged her defense team. the jury took fewer than 11 hours to find her not guilty of murder and two other charges related to her daug
i'm betty nguyen. >>> it is a verdict that has been compared to the o.j. simpson trial. prosecutors in orlando sat stunned as the jury declared casey anthony not guilty on all three counts of killing her young daughter caylee. outside the courthouse, anger. the jury did find anthony guilty on four misdemeanor counts of lying. she'll be sentenced for that tomorrow. an alternate juror who was not in on the final deliberations but did sit through the trial agrees with the main verdict....
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i'm betty nguyen. >>> a startling turn in a rape case that made headlines around the world. over a month after arresting the former head of the international monetary fund, prosecutors are now questioning his accuser's story. dominique strauss-kahn is due in court in manhattan today. terrell brown is at the courthouse. >> reporter: betty what stands out is police investigators have over and over again touted how credible the hotel maid's story has been. we learn everything she's been saying may not be adding up and it could mean a big break for dominique strauss-kahn. strauss-kahn could have his bail reduced or lifted because of of his accuser's possibility. prosecutors initially stood by the woman's story. now the "new york times" reports investigators have caught the accuser in a series of lies surrounding the case. they suspect she may have been involved in drug dealing and money laundering. the maid apparently had a phone conversation with a jail inmate discussing the benefits of pursuing the charg
i'm betty nguyen. >>> a startling turn in a rape case that made headlines around the world. over a month after arresting the former head of the international monetary fund, prosecutors are now questioning his accuser's story. dominique strauss-kahn is due in court in manhattan today. terrell brown is at the courthouse. >> reporter: betty what stands out is police investigators have over and over again touted how credible the hotel maid's story has been. we learn everything she's...
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i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." k9 advantix ii. not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii. >>> they survive fighting in iraq and afghanistan. now some service members have become targets here at home. armen keteyian uncovered how soldiers are being scammed at events sponsored by your tax dollars. >> reporter: it was the annual fourth of july freedom fest last week at ft. hood, one of the largest military bases in the u.s. soldiers, just back from war, or ready to deploy, were spending the day with their families. >> i got a win here, man. >> reporter: but there was no chance they would win at some of these games. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: the games are run by a texas company called century 21 shows. u.s. taxpayers pay century 21 through a government contract. this man has been a carney for more than 20 year
i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbs morning news." k9 advantix ii. not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii. >>> they survive fighting in iraq and afghanistan. now some service members have become targets here at home. armen keteyian uncovered how...
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i'm betty nguyen. >> it is back to the drawing board for speaker of the house john boehner. the debt debate has boehner not only knocking heads with the white house but with members of his own party and now he's been forced to put off a vote on a plan to raise the debt limit. danielle knottingham is in washington with details. danielle, what is this all about? >> reporter: we're starting over again. right now everyone is upset with john boehner. they say the cuts in his package for raising the debt limit are not as advertised so he's getting heat from conservatives on capitol hill. democrats are declaring his legislation won't get through the senate, so house speaker john boehner is starting from square one. lawmakers will have to wait another day to vote on house speaker john boehner's debt ceiling plan. house members were supposed to take up the measure today, but boehner is scrambling to rewrite it after budget officials determined the proposal would not cut $1.2 trillion from the deficit as promise
i'm betty nguyen. >> it is back to the drawing board for speaker of the house john boehner. the debt debate has boehner not only knocking heads with the white house but with members of his own party and now he's been forced to put off a vote on a plan to raise the debt limit. danielle knottingham is in washington with details. danielle, what is this all about? >> reporter: we're starting over again. right now everyone is upset with john boehner. they say the cuts in his package for...
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i'm betty nguyen. in the words of senate gentleman mart leader harry reid, magic things can happen in congress. it's looking like it may take a magician to prevent the u.s. government from defaulting on its loans. republican leaders are fighting to get their members behind their budget bill. the house is scheduled to vote on it today, but senate democrats and the white house have already said it is dead in the water. danielle knottingham is in washington with the latest. good morning, danielle. is there any hope in sight? >> good morning, betty. it's hard to tell at this point. things have been back and forth all week on capitol hill. house speaker john boehner's measure will face an uphill battle today but he's pressing on despite threats from the white house and from democrats. speaker john boehner's debt ceiling plan is just hours away from its first key test. later today the house is expected to vote on the measure. it increases the nation's borrowing limit by up to $900 billion while slashing more
i'm betty nguyen. in the words of senate gentleman mart leader harry reid, magic things can happen in congress. it's looking like it may take a magician to prevent the u.s. government from defaulting on its loans. republican leaders are fighting to get their members behind their budget bill. the house is scheduled to vote on it today, but senate democrats and the white house have already said it is dead in the water. danielle knottingham is in washington with the latest. good morning, danielle....
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i'm betty nguyen. >>> we begin with the increasingly tense talks to reduce the deficit and raise the debt limit. another meeting is scheduled for today. at yesterday's sitdown the talk was blunt with president obama telling republican congressional leaders "don't call my bluff." joel brown is in washington with the latest. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning. by all accounts this was a tense session yesterday at the white house, both sides losing patience a bit. this was the longest white house session yet and still no progress to report. president obama will sit down with republicans again today, after a contentious meeting on wednesday. aides close to the debt ceiling negotiations say when house majority leader eric cantor pressed for a short term deal the president said "enough is enough. we have to be willing to compromise," and then ended the meeting. lawmakers have less than three weeks to get a deal done. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says if the debt limit isn't raised by august
i'm betty nguyen. >>> we begin with the increasingly tense talks to reduce the deficit and raise the debt limit. another meeting is scheduled for today. at yesterday's sitdown the talk was blunt with president obama telling republican congressional leaders "don't call my bluff." joel brown is in washington with the latest. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning. by all accounts this was a tense session yesterday at the white house, both sides losing patience a bit....
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i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. we begin in grand rapids, michigan this morning. the city was paralyzed for hours thursday, a murder shooting spree led to a wild chase say the original seven victims -- ended with 34 rodrick dantzler taking his life. >> at the end of the life the suspect chose to put the gun to his head and fired one shot. >> reporter: four people were found dead in one home and three others in this house across town. two of the victims were children. at one point police shut down an interstate. they say dantzler fired during the chase. >> started firing out the window towards our car and kind of ducked down and the police continued chasing him. >> reporter: two people were hit, they were not seriously injured. police cordoned off the neighborhood near a small lake. >> actually saw him down by the lake behind the apartment complex and they were chasing him back that way. >> reporter: the three hostages were not harmed in the standoff. dantzler previously served time for felony assault, released from michigan's prison system in 2005. this morning gr
i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. we begin in grand rapids, michigan this morning. the city was paralyzed for hours thursday, a murder shooting spree led to a wild chase say the original seven victims -- ended with 34 rodrick dantzler taking his life. >> at the end of the life the suspect chose to put the gun to his head and fired one shot. >> reporter: four people were found dead in one home and three others in this house across town. two of the victims were children. at one...
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i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. the norwegian will be in court in oslo this morning. he reportedly wants to explain why he went on his murderous rampage. he admits that he bombed a government building in oslo on friday. then drove 60 miles to an island and gunned dozens of people at a youth camp. one of the dead is the step brother of the crown princess. in a rambling manifesto he described the attacks as quote, atrocious but necessary. randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: anders behring breivik 1500 page manifesto attempts to justify violence to achieve his political goals. but an expert on right-wing groups noticed a similarity to writings of unabomber ted kaczynski. cut and paste? >> yes. it doesn't make any reference to the unabomber so it looks like it's his own work, but it's not his own writings. >> reporter: thousands turned up for memorial services on sunday. government leaders and families wept for the victims. police continued to search for bodies of young people gunned down at a labor party retreat off the coast of utoya island. >> it's a well known thi
i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. the norwegian will be in court in oslo this morning. he reportedly wants to explain why he went on his murderous rampage. he admits that he bombed a government building in oslo on friday. then drove 60 miles to an island and gunned dozens of people at a youth camp. one of the dead is the step brother of the crown princess. in a rambling manifesto he described the attacks as quote, atrocious but necessary. randall pinkston has more. >> reporter:...
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i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. it's turning into the scandal that just won't quit. the voice mail hacking and police bribery investigation that's rocked england is snowballing. the latest this morning, britain's top police official, the head of scotland yard, has resigned, and the well-connected former chief executive of rupert murdoch's news international has been arrested. elizabeth palmer rorz. >> reporter: rebekah brooks had willingly made an appointment to go to the police station to answer questions when she arrived, she was arrested. anything she tells detectives now will become a formal part of the criminal inquiry into phone hacking and bribery of the "news of the world." brooks' arrest came as a surprise, but this was a shock. >> i have this afternoon informed the palace, secretary and the mayor of my intention to resign as commissioner of the metropolitan police service. >> reporter: the powerful head of london's police force resigned, not because he's personally suspected of wrongdoing but it was on his watch that the former "news of the editor" neil wal
i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. it's turning into the scandal that just won't quit. the voice mail hacking and police bribery investigation that's rocked england is snowballing. the latest this morning, britain's top police official, the head of scotland yard, has resigned, and the well-connected former chief executive of rupert murdoch's news international has been arrested. elizabeth palmer rorz. >> reporter: rebekah brooks had willingly made an appointment to go to the police...
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i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. there will be no independence day holiday for jurors or anyone else at the casey anthony trial for anyone else. there were fireworks yesterday, the judge had to stop for -- >> i assume you were all professionals. i'm beginning to see that orders or anything else may not mean a hill of a bean to any of you. >> so the jury will be back in court this morning, and prosecutors will get one last shot closing arguments by the defense. karen brown reports. >> reporter: casey anthony's defense spent its final hours in front of the jury trying to convince them there is not enough evidence to convict her of murder. >> the reason you don't have that evidence that they're desperately trying to find is because it's an unprovable case. >> reporter: they tried to discredit the charge she tried to suffocate her 2-year-old daughter. then they tried to pinpoint her father. they were not allowed to bring up allegations that he molested his daughter as an explanation of her bizarre behavior because the ju
i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. there will be no independence day holiday for jurors or anyone else at the casey anthony trial for anyone else. there were fireworks yesterday, the judge had to stop for -- >> i assume you were all professionals. i'm beginning to see that orders or anything else may not mean a hill of a bean to any of you. >> so the jury will be back in court this morning, and prosecutors will get one last shot closing arguments by the defense. karen brown...
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hopefully we'll get good updates on that. >> betty nguyen has another look at the headlines. good morning. >> good morning. in new york this morning the new head of the international monetary fund christine lagarde warned that failure t governments that have actually, as i said, put money where their mouth was. >> lagarde made it clear to democrats and republicans in washington that there will be a negative impact on the rest of the global economy as there is no agreement on raising the u.s. debt ceiling. in the next 14 months, seven of the world's 20 best-selling drugs will become available in generic form. that's real pain relief for consumers but not for the companies that developed the drugs. >> prescription celebrex -- >> reporter: drug companies spent billions building up their most popular pills. >> one pill a day, every day can reduce pain. >> reporter: now many drug patents are expiring aloug some of the biggest brand names to be p swallowed up by generic competitors. >> once they go generic, the prices are very low. >> reporter: that's good news for marvelene bicker
hopefully we'll get good updates on that. >> betty nguyen has another look at the headlines. good morning. >> good morning. in new york this morning the new head of the international monetary fund christine lagarde warned that failure t governments that have actually, as i said, put money where their mouth was. >> lagarde made it clear to democrats and republicans in washington that there will be a negative impact on the rest of the global economy as there is no agreement on...
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i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. congress has raised the debt ceiling 102 times since 1917, including ten times in the last decade alone but this time is proving to be the most difficult and politically divisive. president obama and congressional leaders will talk again today after a rare sunday night meeting. the two sides have yet to agree on the size of a deal or what it will entail. joel brown is in washington with more. good morning. >> good morning to you. sunday night's session at the white house lasted about 75 minutes and we're told president obama used much of that time remaking his case for a bigger deal on the debt limit. this morning, though, still no agreement, except to keep talking. president obama plans to sit down with congressional leaders today and every day until a debt deal gets done. the sides met in a rare sunday night session but reportedly made very little progress, if any. the president once lawmakers to accept a $4 trillion deficit reduction plan but republicans rejecting all tax hikes ass
i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. congress has raised the debt ceiling 102 times since 1917, including ten times in the last decade alone but this time is proving to be the most difficult and politically divisive. president obama and congressional leaders will talk again today after a rare sunday night meeting. the two sides have yet to agree on the size of a deal or what it will entail. joel brown is in washington with more. good morning. >> good morning to you. sunday night's...
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i'm randall pinkston in for betty nguyen. the story that's not news to beau of you, the hot, hot, hot weather. the blistering heat wave that hit the east coast will stay there through much of the weekend, the heat warnings and advisory cover an area from the central united states to the east coast, from carolinas to maine. triple digit temperatures are in many cities. if it's as hot as forecasters predict, today will be the hottest two-day stretch in this country since 1950. 22 deaths are blamed on the weather. it's not just the heat, it's the humidity and air quality making it so dangerous. more now from dean reynolds. >> reporter: the nation's weather is worse than hot, it's potentially lethal, with 30 states and the district of columbia under heat advisories, watches, or warnings, the death toll is expected to rise. >> heat waves by far on average each year kill more people than all other weather phenomena combined. that means hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning strikes, and floods. 1500 people per year. >> the persistent hig
i'm randall pinkston in for betty nguyen. the story that's not news to beau of you, the hot, hot, hot weather. the blistering heat wave that hit the east coast will stay there through much of the weekend, the heat warnings and advisory cover an area from the central united states to the east coast, from carolinas to maine. triple digit temperatures are in many cities. if it's as hot as forecasters predict, today will be the hottest two-day stretch in this country since 1950. 22 deaths are...
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. >>> let's get over to betty nguyen who is filling in for jeff glor who you saw is over in london. good morning to you. >> good morning to you at home. >>> the last fugitive is under arrest this morning. he was captured in northern serbia. he is wanted by the u.n. war crimes tribunal. his arrest with that of this general two months ago may make a turning point for serbia to join the european union. >>> united nations say a famine crisis in east africa that has killed tens of thousands of people and thousands more are starving in kenya due to one of the worst droughts in 50 years. they warn some 10 million people need aid. >>> 75 former nfl players are suing the nfl over brain injuries claiming that the league intentionally concealed the harmful effects of concussions for 90 years. that is according to the website tmz. the lawsuit alleges the nfl knew as early as the 1920s about the trauma of concussions but hid the information until last year. the league now admits that concussions can lead to demen a dementia, memory loss and other situations. >>> search and rescue efforts to find
. >>> let's get over to betty nguyen who is filling in for jeff glor who you saw is over in london. good morning to you. >> good morning to you at home. >>> the last fugitive is under arrest this morning. he was captured in northern serbia. he is wanted by the u.n. war crimes tribunal. his arrest with that of this general two months ago may make a turning point for serbia to join the european union. >>> united nations say a famine crisis in east africa that has...
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. >> betty nguyen is at the news desk. jeff glor is still in london. check in with him in a bit. >> staying positive over here, guys. >>> the phone-hacking scandal in britain, british lawmaker wants police to investigate whether james murdoch, son of rupert murdoch, lied to parliament. jeff glor is in london with more on this. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the murdoch family line has long been up until recently they believe the hacking was largely the work of a single rogue reporter. at issue here is an e-mail that james murdoch may or may not have seen, at least three years ago, seems to indicate it was a much bigger and much more widespread problem and here is what james murdoch said to parliament on tuesday. >> are you made aware of the -- the transcript of the -- message? >> no, i was not aware of that at the time. >> reporter: that is is not so according to two former news corp. employees. in a written statement, they say just by way of clarification, we would like to point out that james murdoch's recollection of what he w
. >> betty nguyen is at the news desk. jeff glor is still in london. check in with him in a bit. >> staying positive over here, guys. >>> the phone-hacking scandal in britain, british lawmaker wants police to investigate whether james murdoch, son of rupert murdoch, lied to parliament. jeff glor is in london with more on this. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the murdoch family line has long been up until recently they believe the hacking was...
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turn to cbs news correspondent and news anchor betty nguyen standing by at the newsdesk. >> sweat suit. thank you, guys. >>> good morning, syrian state television is reporting that a clouded passenger train derailed and caught fire after saboteurs tore out a section of the track. the train was traveling between damascus and the capital. the derail was near homes, the city at the center of the government judge risi uprising. hundreds of thousands of people defied a ban and took to the streets to protest the regime of president bashir assad. the uprising cost the lives of 1600 people. >>> a powerful 6.4 earthquake rocked northern japan this morning. no reports of damage or significant injuries. it's the same area, though, that was devastated by a quake and tsunami last march that left 11,000 people dead or missing. >>> a ban on gays in the military will be lifted within 60 days. friday, president obama formally ended the ruling after top military leaders say the repeal would not jeopardize the military's ability to fight. during his campaign for the white house, president obama said he w
turn to cbs news correspondent and news anchor betty nguyen standing by at the newsdesk. >> sweat suit. thank you, guys. >>> good morning, syrian state television is reporting that a clouded passenger train derailed and caught fire after saboteurs tore out a section of the track. the train was traveling between damascus and the capital. the derail was near homes, the city at the center of the government judge risi uprising. hundreds of thousands of people defied a ban and took to...
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nguyen. >> good morning to you. new troubles for newt gingrich's presidential campaign. gingrich's popularity trails other republican hopefuls in the race for the white house but now his campaign report is more than $1 million in debt. almost half is for private air travel. gingrich's campaign suffered a big blow last month when 18 key aides and advisers abruptly quit. >>> an important work of arts from the civil arts era hangs outside the president's office. it shows lily bridges being escorted to a desegregated school. michelle miller spoke with ruby bridges last fall. >> there was lots of people outside and they were screaming and shouting and the police officers, but i thought it was mardi gras, you know? i didn't actually know that all of that was there because of me. >> reporter: 6-year-old ruby bridges walked to school, thrust her into civil rights history. the city erupted in protest. parents pulled their children from ruby's school, even when a few white students broke the boycott, bridges remained separate
nguyen. >> good morning to you. new troubles for newt gingrich's presidential campaign. gingrich's popularity trails other republican hopefuls in the race for the white house but now his campaign report is more than $1 million in debt. almost half is for private air travel. gingrich's campaign suffered a big blow last month when 18 key aides and advisers abruptly quit. >>> an important work of arts from the civil arts era hangs outside the president's office. it shows lily...
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. >>> with jeff in norway, we now turn to betty nguyen filling in for jeff at the newsdesk with a check of the other headlines. >> good morning to you. republicans and democrats remain far apart in efforts to break the debt deadlock. the two parties could release separate fallback plans as early as today in case a compromise cannot be reached. congress has until august 2nd, one week from tomorrow, to reach a deal. world financial markets are uneasy that the u.s. might default on its debt. secretary of state hillary clinton tried to reassure hong kong investors today. >> we understand the stakes. we know how important this is for us and how important it is for you. >> the politic wrangling in washington is intense right now, but these kinds of debates have been a constant in our political life. >> clinton said she expects a deal will be reached to avoid a default. >>> democratic leader nancy pelosi will ask the house ethics committee today to open an investigation of congressman david wu. the seven-time oregon democrat is accused of having an unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman
. >>> with jeff in norway, we now turn to betty nguyen filling in for jeff at the newsdesk with a check of the other headlines. >> good morning to you. republicans and democrats remain far apart in efforts to break the debt deadlock. the two parties could release separate fallback plans as early as today in case a compromise cannot be reached. congress has until august 2nd, one week from tomorrow, to reach a deal. world financial markets are uneasy that the u.s. might default on...
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but first cbs news correspondent betty nguyen has a look at her latest release. ♪ one moment >> reporter: you may not recognize the song but the singer has generated more buzz online this year than any pop star in the world. my moment, which premiered last night on the internet, is 14-year-old rebecca black's second video. a song anticipated by legions of fans, and curious critics. >> it makes her arguably the biggest pop culture sensation of the year. i mean, justin bieber, you know, is getting a run for his money with this. ♪ waking up in the morning there's no way that you're going to be able to review pop music of the past year and not spend a great deal of time thinking about rebecca black friday. >> reporter: friday, black's debut single, was released online in february and instantly went viral. ♪ it's friday friday ♪ gotta get home friday >> reporter: love it or hate it there's no denying its success. with a whopping 167 million hits on youtube, the song and those simple, stuck in your head lyrics, brought black instant fame. and generated 100 comments every single minute on
but first cbs news correspondent betty nguyen has a look at her latest release. ♪ one moment >> reporter: you may not recognize the song but the singer has generated more buzz online this year than any pop star in the world. my moment, which premiered last night on the internet, is 14-year-old rebecca black's second video. a song anticipated by legions of fans, and curious critics. >> it makes her arguably the biggest pop culture sensation of the year. i mean, justin bieber, you...
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betty nguyen cbs news, new york. >> and with us now is cbs news travel editor peter greenberg, good morning. the issue which seems to be the issue any time we talk about the price of a ticket and everything that's getting tacked on is as that woman just said there's not a lot you can do. you don't have another choice. >> this is a de facto airline air fare increase of $77.5%. that's an additional $25 the airline gets to pocket that would have normally gone to the irs, a big problem. >> how is that legal? >> airlines can pocket the money because they kept the fares what they were before. they're not turning the money over to the federal government. those taxes aren't collected until the plane takes off with you in it. so there's the real issue here, what happens if you bought a ticket three or four weeks ago, paid the taxes but haven't left yet, do you get the taxes back. >> do you? >> nobody knows. >> that's what everybody is trying to figure out. what's amazing, too, and i feel like almost a broken record. we talk about this a lot. when there is talk about a fare increase, clearly airlines
betty nguyen cbs news, new york. >> and with us now is cbs news travel editor peter greenberg, good morning. the issue which seems to be the issue any time we talk about the price of a ticket and everything that's getting tacked on is as that woman just said there's not a lot you can do. you don't have another choice. >> this is a de facto airline air fare increase of $77.5%. that's an additional $25 the airline gets to pocket that would have normally gone to the irs, a big problem....
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. >>> for the rest of this morning's headlines we go that-a-way, betty nguyen. >> not too far off. good morning to you at home. two u.s. toldiers were killed in afghanistan this morning after they were shot by an afghan intelligence agency. the americans were part of a nato reconstruction team in a province 60 miles north of kabul the capital. the afghan agent reportedly got into the argument with the soldiers as the convoy passed their house. >>> astronauts aboard the space shuttle "atlantis" will spend their first day checking the shuttle's heat shields from liftoff. good morning, mark. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine the shuttle as a museum piece but after this mission that's exactly what it's going to become after one last trip to resupply the space station. with one final startling burst of power, "atlantis" reached for the heavens and history. >> from the shoulders of space shuttle, america will continue the dream. >> reporter: the last launch for the shuttle, the last space coast spectacular. chris bell's family was awed. >> i know how much enjoyment, how much excitement i
. >>> for the rest of this morning's headlines we go that-a-way, betty nguyen. >> not too far off. good morning to you at home. two u.s. toldiers were killed in afghanistan this morning after they were shot by an afghan intelligence agency. the americans were part of a nato reconstruction team in a province 60 miles north of kabul the capital. the afghan agent reportedly got into the argument with the soldiers as the convoy passed their house. >>> astronauts aboard the...
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here is cbs' betty nguyen. >> i'm writing a book about the old days. >> reporter: "flow flower and the secret fan" tells the story about two friendships. one set in modern-day china, another in its very distant past. the film was based on the 2005 best selling novel about a 19th century chinese woman named lily. >> she had what was called an old fame. a friendship for life an emotional marriage between women when actual marriage had very little emotion attached to it. >> reporter: the director was struck by the powerful relationship between lily and snow flower. >> oftentimes women tend to form much closer friendships with their friends than you know with their husbands. marriages are oftentimes business arrangements. these women have this special language which is "women language." >> it literally means women's script. so it was only practiced as far as we know today in very very small area in south-central china. it was shared among women only. >> reporter: standard chinese is very square very blocky. this is very long and thin. it's been described as looking like mosquito legs. >> r
here is cbs' betty nguyen. >> i'm writing a book about the old days. >> reporter: "flow flower and the secret fan" tells the story about two friendships. one set in modern-day china, another in its very distant past. the film was based on the 2005 best selling novel about a 19th century chinese woman named lily. >> she had what was called an old fame. a friendship for life an emotional marriage between women when actual marriage had very little emotion attached to...
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look in this sunday's paper for a three dollar coupon. >> betty nguyen had to leave, something rebecca said. >> yeah, something i said. she has a nice vacation for the weekend. >> she does. tomorrow bob schieffer has the latest on the capitol negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. he'll be joined by mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. >> tomorrow erica hill in the nation's capitol with one day to go until the debt deadline, joining everyone live from there and before we say good-bye once again we have singer/song writer a favorite among britain's prince william and wife catherine, ellie goulding with an encore performance, performing elton john's "your song." >> have a great weekend, everyone. >> enjoy. we'll see you. ♪ it's a little bit funny, this feeling inside ♪ ♪ i'm not one of those who can easily hide ♪ ♪ i don't have much money but boy if i did ♪ ♪ i'd buy a big house where we both could live ♪ ♪ so excuse me forgetting but these things i do, you see i've forgotten if they're green or they're blue ♪ ♪ anyway the thing is what i really mean, yours are the s
look in this sunday's paper for a three dollar coupon. >> betty nguyen had to leave, something rebecca said. >> yeah, something i said. she has a nice vacation for the weekend. >> she does. tomorrow bob schieffer has the latest on the capitol negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. he'll be joined by mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. >> tomorrow erica hill in the nation's capitol with one day to go until the debt deadline, joining everyone live from there and before we...
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betty nguyen, cbs news, new york. >> that t is the wave of the future, the wave of now, what am i saying the wave of the future. i have the droid and still use the blackberry. >> we have two devices but not addicted at all in the least. >> just 12 hours a day. when i sleep i put them on the charger. >> we'll check our,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] because you never stop improving your recipe... we never stop improving ours. we've added a touch of philly cream cheese to kraft natural shredded cheese, which adds a touch of creamy to any dish. kraft touch of philly shredded cheese. we're not just making great cheese. we're taking it further. ♪ >>> well this week at cbs news we will say farewell to one of our most influential behind the scenes guys ever, victor paganuzzi. >> anyone who has been watching cbs the last 50 years will recognize his work. as he heads off to retirement we want to look back at his career. >> away we go, hey! >> victor began his career with cbs television in december 1962. set designer of the jackie gleason show. >> sometimes you just can't rush after every
betty nguyen, cbs news, new york. >> that t is the wave of the future, the wave of now, what am i saying the wave of the future. i have the droid and still use the blackberry. >> we have two devices but not addicted at all in the least. >> just 12 hours a day. when i sleep i put them on the charger. >> we'll check our,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] because you never stop improving your recipe... we never stop improving ours. we've added a touch of philly cream...
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. >> we turn to betty nguyen for the rest of today's headlines. >>> good morning to you. >>> afghan troops take over security responsibility in another key city this morning. security preparations are under way in hurat, one of seven areas where afghan forces will take control from international troops this week. 2014 expected all troops have left afghanistan or be in support roles. >>> yesterday's handover took place in helmand province. cbs news correspondent mandy clark was there for the changing of the guard. >> reporter: helmand province has been the deadliest battleground in afghanistan. nearly half of all coalition deaths have happened here. president obama's surge focused on turning that around. the province's capital saw troop movement of a different kind. with the official handover to afghan forces. one sign of how fragile the security situation is. the ceremony was not announced in advance. out of fear the taliban would strike. the new commander of coalition forces in afghanistan acknowledged the heavy price american and british troops paid for the progress made here. >> there a
. >> we turn to betty nguyen for the rest of today's headlines. >>> good morning to you. >>> afghan troops take over security responsibility in another key city this morning. security preparations are under way in hurat, one of seven areas where afghan forces will take control from international troops this week. 2014 expected all troops have left afghanistan or be in support roles. >>> yesterday's handover took place in helmand province. cbs news correspondent...
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cbs' betty nguyen is in times square with us today with more. >> hi there, chris. >> reporter: we have been lucky in new york. only seen temperatures in the high 90s. but in the plain states, this heat wave is feeling one of the worst droughts that many have seen in decades. crippling heat gripped half of the nation tuesday, as the national weather service issued heat warnings or advisories for 24 states. stretching from the east coast to texas and the plains. >> we're still expecting highs from 100 to 104 degrees. >> reporter: in oklahoma, residents are experiencing soaring triple digit temperatures that are forecast to stay there for at least another ten days. in texas, dallas saw 100-degree temps for an 11th straight day. the ground is so dry, it cracked water pipes and flooding neighborhoods. this is one of the driest years rancher jerry has seen in his 50-year career in the cattle business. the dry, dead fields are forcing him to sell almost half of his livestock. >> if we could get some rains right away and get some green grass to grow, why it may look a whole lot different but r
cbs' betty nguyen is in times square with us today with more. >> hi there, chris. >> reporter: we have been lucky in new york. only seen temperatures in the high 90s. but in the plain states, this heat wave is feeling one of the worst droughts that many have seen in decades. crippling heat gripped half of the nation tuesday, as the national weather service issued heat warnings or advisories for 24 states. stretching from the east coast to texas and the plains. >> we're still...
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cbs news correspondent betty nguyen is here with the story. and it turns out a lot of us may actually know something about this. >> oh, yes. it's a trickle-down effect essentially. you notice more bugs this summer? >> yes. i thought it was just me. >> no. everybody is. and if you are, you can blame the bats. or to be more exact blame the fungus that is killing the bats in unprecedented numbers. it is a desperate situation with no solution in sight. bats often get a bad rap. as creepy blood-sucking night creatures. >> but people don't really know the level of importance that they have. in our ecosystem. >> reporter: but farmers like james roby, actually count on them to eat 100 metric tons of crop-damaging bugs every year. >> that's been very badly damaged by some kind of caterpillar or warm. and that would have been potentially controlled by a bat that would have nailed the moth that would have laid the eggs on this leaf to begin with. >> reporter: that's not happening. because bats are in danger. a sprunk fungus has wiped out a million of the
cbs news correspondent betty nguyen is here with the story. and it turns out a lot of us may actually know something about this. >> oh, yes. it's a trickle-down effect essentially. you notice more bugs this summer? >> yes. i thought it was just me. >> no. everybody is. and if you are, you can blame the bats. or to be more exact blame the fungus that is killing the bats in unprecedented numbers. it is a desperate situation with no solution in sight. bats often get a bad rap. as...